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Beginner. — I set out a good many raspberry-bushes last spring, and 

 most of them lived, but are not throwing up new shoots. If they fail to do 

 this, what will become of them ? — You should have cut the canes down to four 

 or six inches when you set them ; then they would have thrown up new canes 

 for next year. Some prefer to get a little fruit the first year, and thus often lose 

 their plants, as they usually die if they make no new canes for the next year. 



